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Photograph of Saint Mark's Episcopal Church
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Saint Mark's Episcopal Church

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987. 14 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1893.

From the record

“Saint Mark's Episcopal Church is a historic Episcopal church on Liberty Street in Chelsea, Dutchess County, New York. It was built in 1866 and is a small rectangular frame church building in the Gothic Revival style.”

Wikipedia article Saint Mark's Episcopal Church (Chelsea, New York), CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 266 National Register listings published here for Dutchess County · listed in 1987 · category: Building.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. Liberty St., Chelsea, 12512
  • When was it listed? August 1987
  • Category. building
  • Also known as. Chelsea MRA
  • Town. Wappinger town
  • Architectural style. Gothic Revival
  • National Register reference number. 87001369 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

Then and now

1893 to 1993

The ground this property stands on, surveyed 100 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet covering Saint Mark's Episcopal Church, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet covering Saint Mark's Episcopal Church, surveyed 1893

Fires near this property

692 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 692 fires within 5 miles of Saint Mark's Episcopal Church between 1992 and 2020, burning about 816 acres in total. 45 started naturally. 86 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined383
Arson/incendiarism86
Smoking69
Natural45
Debris and open burning30
Equipment and vehicle use28
Recreation and ceremony21
Power generation/transmission/distribution12
Misuse of fire by a minor11
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Other causes3

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
7 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2016Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
6 September 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
6 September 2016Equipment and vehicle use1.3 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
6 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
6 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
6 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named

Every fire recorded in Dutchess County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 33 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 33 workings within 5 miles of Saint Mark's Episcopal Church: 27 past producers, 6 producers. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Clinton QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Graphite Mine No. Hk-019GraphitePast ProducerGraphite
Graphite Mine No. Hk-019GraphitePast Producer
Limestone Rock Quarries No. Hj-018StonePast Producer
Limestone Rock Quarry No. Hj-021StonePast Producer
Limestone Rock Quarry No. Hj-025StoneProducer
Cedar Cliff QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Clinton QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Limestone Rock QuarriesStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Limestone Rock QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Dutchess County

Storms near this property

7 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Chelsea, the town this property stands in, in 7 storm reports between 2011 and 2025: 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
September 2021Flash FloodChelsea$300,000Several roads were closed in the town of Fishkill and city of Beacon due to flash flooding. The County Executive declared a state of emergency and restricted all non-essential travel due to the flooding.
September 2021Flash FloodChelsea$300,000Several roads were closed in the town of Wappinger due to flash flooding. The County Executive declared a state of emergency and restricted all non-essential travel due to the flooding.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindChelsea-A tree was downed on wires on Old Castle Point Road near Castle Point.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindChelsea-A tree was downed near Castle Point.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindChelsea-Trees down onto wires in Chelsea.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindChelsea-Trees were downed along Chelsea Road.
June 2011HailChelsea-Golf ball size hail was reported during a thunderstorm in Castle Point.

Every storm recorded in Dutchess County

Maps showing this location

14 surveys

United States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the coordinate the National Park Service records for this property, then testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.

Listed places nearby

6 within 8 miles

Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
Chelsea Grammar Schoolunder 500 feet1987
Capt. Moses W. Collyer House0.2 miles1987
Cornelius Carman House0.2 miles1987
Stony Kill Farm1.6 miles1980
Mount Gulian2.1 miles1982
Zion Pilgrim Methodist Episcopal Church Site2.2 miles2014

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 87001369 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Dutchess CountyAll 266 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

  • Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
  • Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
  • How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
  • Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
  • Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
  • Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.